# 2008 Tapes municipal election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Sul](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs.md) / [Tapes](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapes.md), October 5, 2008

Turnout: 10,958 of 13,204 registered voters (83.0%). −2.6 points since 2004.

## [Mayor of Tapes](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapes/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sylvio Tejada Xavier | PDT | 5,726 | 55.1% | Elected |
| Luiz Carlos Coutinho Garcez | PP | 4,672 | 44.9% |  |

## [Municipal Chamber of Tapes](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapes/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

PDT won 4 of the 9 seats, with 35.9% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partido Democrático Trabalhista | 3,800 | 35.9% | 4 |
| Progressistas | 3,507 | 33.1% | 3 |
| Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 2,062 | 19.5% | 2 |
| Partido dos Trabalhadores | 494 | 4.7% |  |
| Democratas | 301 | 2.8% |  |
| Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 207 | 2.0% |  |
| Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | 110 | 1.0% |  |
| Partido Republicano Brasileiro | 75 | 0.7% |  |
| Partido Socialista Brasileiro | 42 | 0.4% |  |

## Contests

- [2008 Tapes mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapes/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md)
- [2008 Tapes Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapes/2008-10-05-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapes/2008-10-05-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rs/tapes/2008-10-05-local.json.